Elements of Poetry
Any example would work as long as it is correct.
What is the poem that Jack read on January 10th?
The Pasture
What colored paper did Ms. S use to put Jack's poem on the board on February 7th?
Yellow
How did Jack's classmates respond to Jack's dog shaped poem?
How do Jack's feelings about poetry change from December to March? (Include text evidence).
Jack is still unsure of poetry in December, but he learns to like poetry a lot more. Jack really really likes Walter Dean Myers' poem.
What is the name of the element of poetry that is a chunk of lines.
Stanza
What did Jack think about the poem "The Pasture"?
Jack really really really did NOT get the poem.
What poem did Jack read on February 15th?
Jack wants Ms. Stretchberry to tell the other anonymous poet in the class that the tree shaped poem is a really good poem. What does this say about Jack as a person?
How does Jack change as a poet from December to March? (Include text evidence).
Jack is still not sure if what he is writing is actually poetry, but by March, Jack likes writing poetry so much that he takes a book without permission to copy the poem. Jack also writes a secret poem.
Imagery
The Animal Protection Shelter
How is Jack's street different from the street in the poem "Street Music"? Give two examples.
Jack's street is at the edge of the street so it's a lot quieter than the street in the poem. There is also not much traffic.
On March 1st, what does Jack let Ms. Stretchberry do? Why is that important?
Jack lets Ms. Stretchberry put his name on his poem. This is important because this is the first time Jack let Ms. Stretchberry put his name on the board.
How does Jack change from December to March? (Include text evidence).
In December, Jack isn't confident in his writing yet. However, in March, Jack becomes more confident. I know because in December, Jack wasn't letting Ms. Stretchberry add his name to his poems, but in March, Jack allows Ms. Stretchberry to add his name.
Lines
Repetition
Imagery
What does Jack notice about poems on January 17th.
Maybe Robert Frost was making pictures with his words and his teacher typed it up a certain way and people thought it was a poem.
What are the two shapes of the poems that Jack liked on February 21st?
Apple and House
What were the two reasons that Jack really really really likes the poem by Mr. Walter Dean Myers?
1. Jack's dad would call him, "Hey there, son!"
2. Jack would call his dog, "Hey there, Sky!"
Ms. Stretchberry continues to introduce Jack to new poems and continues to make Jack write more. Jack gets to read shape poems, poems that sound really good.
Name three different elements of poetry from "Love That Boy" with examples.
Rhyming
Lines
Repetition
How does Jack describe his dog when he is at the animal shelter?
"Long red tongue hanging out"
"Big black eyes looking a little sad"
Jack made his own shape poem. What was it in the shape of and how do you know?
Jack made the poem in the shape of a dog. I know because he used different body parts to say tail and ear.
Jack wrote a secret poem. Why does Jack want to keep it a secret?
Jack uses too many of Walter Dean Myers' words and he is afraid that Walter Dean Myers' might get mad.
What is a theme of "Love That Dog" so far? (Include text evidence).
Keep trying even when something is hard because you might get better at it.
Don't knock it until you try it.